Drinking device.



J. GREENE & L-. A. ASQUITH. DRINKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 5. 1912.

1,1 14,254. Patented Oct. 20, 1914.-

(jflImes Greene THE NORRIS FEYERS CO.. PHOTD-LITHU.. WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED i STATES; rA rENronFicE. I ff 1 JAMES GREENE, or oEu'rnAnrAL s,ann nnonanp' A.AsoUITH, or PAWTUGKET, v

'Rnonn ISLAND.

DRINKING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we. J AMES GREENE andLEONARD A. As UiTH, citizens of the United 1 States, and residents ofCentral Falls *and Pawtucket, respectively, in {the county of Providenceand State of Rhode Island,=have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Drinking Devices, of which the folk lowing is aspecification. v

This invention relates to an individual sanitary drinking device, andhas for its object to provide a small substantially cupshaped bowl orreceptacle to which a tube is ,detachably connected whereby the cup maybe held beneath a faucet of running water and the contents of the cupdrawn through the tube into the mouth;

A further object of the invention is to provide a. telescoping tubehaving means at one end whereby it may be readily connected to the sideof the cup-so that the axis of one willbe at an angle to that of theother, and to also construct saidconnecting means whereby'the cup may bere versed with the open end looking down wherein the device may be usedfor drinking from a so-called.b1ubble fountain when desired. 1 A stillfurther object of the invention is to provide a casing forsaid deviceadapted to receive the tubewhen' detached from the cup and collapsed andthe cup being adapted to slide inside of the mouth of the casing formlnga closure for the same .to-eXclude foreign matter and keep the wholeclean and sanitary. 1

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, as will be more fully described andparticularly pointed'out in the appended claims.

Of the accompanying drawings: Figure 1is a sectional side elevation ofthe casing with collapsed tube retainedtherein and the cup memberforming a closure for said casing. Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly insection, illustrating the cup member in' position to receive waterflowing from an ordinary faucet. Fig. 3-1llustrates the cup member asconnected to the tube 1n positlon to receive water spouting upward froma so-called bubble fountain) Fig. le-is an enlarged view of the cupmember illustrating the flattened side to which the end of the cup maybe attached. Fig. 5-1s an end taper Specification of Letters Patent. P tted (jet 20,1914 i A plication filed ember 5,1912. ser al 1%. xx-.14 a

view of the tube-,illustrating the groove;

formed inthe flattened side having. iside flangeso-rlips for engaging.the flange of I i the tube. Fig. 6is a perspective view illustratlngoneend ofthe tube asprovided with afiange adaptedto enter the grooveinthe side 'of' the cup for the purpose of con necting the tubetogether;

Referring to the drawing,10designates the bowl or substantiallycup-shaped member of the drinking device openat one end ll andclosedatthelopp osite end" 12. One

side of this bowl or cup is flattened as at I 13, seeFigs. 4 and5,thatis the vstockis shown as being pressed inward forming two side walls 14Las slightly undercut, the flattened side ofuthisiwall being providedwith 'i an opening 15 therethrough i The tube portion of the drinkingdevice is preferably constructed in threesections 16,

17 and .18 "The section 16 being the largest is provided at itslowerendwith a rectangular shaped flange 27 adapted to slidezinto 3 and fitclosely in the groove 18, its edges'28 engaging the undercut portions 14of-the cup whereby this end may be readily slid longitudinally into thisgroove either when the, openend'of the cup is looking up, as illustratedin Fig. 2, ordown as illustrated in F ig..3. Th'eend 19 ofthis section16'is preferably drawn-inward slightly formin a taper to engage acorrespondingly formic 20 on the lower end ,of sectio The upper endofthis' section 17 has its end; 21 drawn slightly inward like the end 19of section 16 to fit. the correspondingly shaped end of the'section 18.The" upper end of this section 18 is preferablywidened and flattened soas to be engaged readily between the lips of the person drinkingpandalso to provide a stop to prevent the end of this latter section from"passing through the end 21 of'section 17 when slid therein. The sectionsare adapted to be telescoped one within the other so as to reduce theirlength in the aggregate to the minimum.

In order to provide means. for holding" and protecting this drinkingdevice while:

bular cas ng 22, seev Fig. 1, which preferably is constructed with astraight portion substantially the length of the cup 10 of the drinkingdevice and from this size the body-portion is-preferably tapered downtoward the end 24 whereby the small end of being'carried about, we haveprovided a tudevice is inserted into the outer end of the the tube uponbeing collapsed is passed into clusion of foreign matter, keepingtheWhole clean and sanitary. y

The device thus constructedmakes a very neat package of small sizeadapted to be readily. carried about'in the pocket of a gen-1 tlemansWaist coat or in keeping the same clean and sanitary as it is alwaysprotected While not in use, and adapted to be'readily removed to beemployed in drinking under all conditions.

In some cases when it is desired to drink from a bottle thecup' portion'may be entirely removed and' the tube alone inserted into the bottlefrom Whichthe contents may be readily withdrawn therethrough. We claim:

l. drinking device comprising a cup a ladys hand bag,

whereby the cup is reversibly having a depression in its Wall to formlips, and an opening in said depressed portion, and at'ube having aflange surrounding its end, either end of said flange being adapted toenter said recess whereby the cup is reversibly and detachably united tosaid tube.

2. A drinking device comprising a cup having a portion of its side Walldepressed to form a lip at each side thereof, and an opening in saidflat surface, and a tube having a flange surrounding its end, either endof said flange being adapted to enter said recess and detachably unitedto saidstem. v

In testimony whereof We aflix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

' JAMES GREENE. LEONARD A. ASQUITH.

Witnesses:

HOWARD E. BARLOW,

I. OGDEN.

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flat surface with an overhanging

